2010 Ford Mustang by Hot Wheels up close and personal

Shortly after the LA Auto Show debut of the 2010 Ford Mustang, the automaker announced that Mattel would be releasing its own replica of the new model as part of its Hot Wheels lineup. Somehow in all the running around after the reveal in LA, we missed out on picking up an example and Ford didn't have any press photos available. Fortunately Ford's Dan Jarvis came to the rescue and provided Autoblog with one of the toys for a photo shoot. As you can see, the team at Hot Wheels has made the usual array of tweaks in order to minimize the aerodynamic drag of the new car and maximize fuel efficiency. The exterior mirrors have been removed and the grille has been blanked off to force air flow around the car. The biggest change, however, was deleting the powertrain. Normally, this might be a problem, but like other Hot Wheels editions, this car derives its propulsive force from external sources.

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6 Years Ago

I recommend checking out Target and Kmart and maybe Toys-R-Us, you'll likely see them there first. But forget Wal-mart. With their stocking policy, you'll likely see them on the pegs next Christmas, unless you're in good with the stockroom crew who'll let you open the boxes in the back and have your pick for a few bucks. That's why Wal-mart's on my no list. You may also find one on E-bay, if you don't mind paying that steep price. $100.00 for a $1.00 car? Come on, I'm not that stupid.

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6 Years Ago

The true genius of Hot Wheels is realizing that the Mustang's greatest shortcoming was not that it had too much solid axle, but that it had far too little! True to form, the front wheels are also joined to the same piece of hardware at each side. In fact, the whole underbody is pretty much solid. None of that pesky "independent" this, "suspended" that, or obnoxious "steering" to get in the way. Besides, steering is just the lazy man's drifting anyway; we all know wheel rotation has no bearing on direction of travel. Spinning rapid 360s and going full tilt while you slice mere microns away from collision only to go careening under the pantry door? All in a day's work at Hot Wheels.